Hristoula Harakas grew up in Athens, Greece, where she graduated from the N. Kodaxaki School of Dance. She moved to New York in 1996 as a scholar of both the Alexander Onassis Foundation of Athens, Greece and the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation. During the summer of 2002, she joined the faculty of the Merce Cunningham Studio. Since 2003, she has performed with Maria Hassabi and has been a member of the Donna Uchizono Dance Company. She recently created a trio with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jodi Melnick choreographed by Ms. Uchizono. In recent years, she has performed and collaborated with Jeremy Nelson and Luis Lara Malvacias, Amanda Loulaki, Chantal Yzermans, and Levi Gonzalez, among others
2006
